274, Lot: 74. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 g, 9h). Babylon mint. Struck under Stamenes or Archon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, hoe above M; monogram below throne. Price 3677. Good VF, toned, banker’s mark on cheek.

A desirable combination of mint and date; struck around the time of Alexander’s death in the city in which he died.